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Ledecky, Hancock joins the four-peat team
Team USA Katie Ledecky and Vincent Hancock made Olympic history on Saturday, becoming the sixth and seventh athlete to win four gold medals in a single event.
Four-peat group:
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🇺🇸 Ledecky: 800m freestyle (2012-24)
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🇺🇸 Hancock: Shooting (2008-24)
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🇨🇺 Mijain Lopez: Wrestling (2008-20)
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🇺🇸 Michael Phelps: 200m IM (2004-16)
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🇺🇸 Carl Lewis: Long Jump (1984-96)
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🇺🇸 Al Oerter: Discus Throw (1956-68)
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🇩🇰 Paul Elvstrøm: Ship (1948-60)
Wild numbers: How dominant is Hancock? He has four golds in skeet shoots; no other Olympian has more than one.
Looking ahead: Ledecky is already eyeing the unexpected LA 2028 peat, writes Yahoo Sports’ Henry Bushnell.
He will be 31 years old when the Summer Olympics come home for the first time in his life. He has every intention of being there.
“I’ve been consistent over the last few months, and over the last few years, in saying that I would love to compete in L.A.,” he said Wednesday. “And that hasn’t changed.”
Three days later, and about 20 minutes after the four-peat, he was directly asked about the five-peat. “I would like to,” he said.
Photos of the day
🇱🇨 Gold for Saint Lucia: Julien Alfred upset Sha’Carri Richardson in the women’s 100m to win Saint Lucia’s first medal. Watch your country celebrate: This is what it is!
🐐 Seventh gold: Simone Biles performed her signature double backstroke in pike position (called Biles II) to win gold in the vault, her seventh Olympic gold medal and third in Paris.
⚽️ Rodman saves the day: Trinity Rodman scored a crucial goal in the 107th minute to lift the USWNT past Japan, 1-0, and into the semi-finals. They will play in Germany on Monday.
🇺🇸 New world record: The US team of Ryan Murphy (back), Nic Fink (breast), Gretchen Walsh (fly) and Torri Huske (free) won the 4x100m medley relay in a world record time (3:37.43). What a race!
Day 8 summary: More from Saturday
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Top athletes: The world’s fastest man will be crowned today at the Stade de France, where Noah Lyles will become the first American to win gold in the 100m since Justin Gatlin in 2004.
Long trip: The 27-year-old Florida native is one of the favorites today, a testament to her hard work and perseverance after struggling three years ago in her Olympic debut.
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Lyles also missed qualifying for the 100m in Tokyo (seventh at the US trials) and settled for bronze in the 200m – his best event – while publicly battling depression from the pandemic. this.
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But she won three gold medals at last year’s world championships (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay) and has high hopes in Paris, where she will run the semis at 2:05pm ET and the finals at 3:50pm.
Game to watch: Lyles’ biggest competition is Kishane Thompson of Jamaica, whose 9.77 in June is the fastest time in the world this year (Lyles ran a best 9.83 two weeks ago). A win for Thompson would make him the only Jamaican not named Usain Bolt to claim the title of fastest man in the world.
A final word: Lyles surprisingly finished second in his heat on Saturday, but to say he’s not worried about that result would be an understatement: “To be honest, I think I’m pretty happy right now that I didn’t beat the heat. I’m afraid of everyone now.”
Pre-race reading: Noah Lyles has a plan to lift even the great Usain Bolt
Other athletes who play:
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👟 Vashti Cunningham: The 26-year-old superstar is looking for her first medal today after finishing 13th in Rio and sixth in Tokyo. If that last name sounds familiar, there’s a reason: His father is former NFL star Randall Cunningham.
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🏹 Brady Ellison: The most decorated American athlete in Olympic history (two silver, two bronze) has accomplished almost everything in the sport except gold. He can change that today in the men’s individual competition, his final event in his fifth Summer Games.
Best of Team USA social: Behind the scene with skateboarders … Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone interview … USA House watches Ledecky win gold
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Team USA won 18 medals on Saturday (five gold, six silver, seven bronze), their highest one-day haul since the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz today they face off for Olympic gold, just three weeks after the young Spaniard defeated the all-time greatest Serbian at Wimbledon.
Featured events:
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🎾 Tennis: Djokovic vs. Alcaraz (~8am ET, Peacock) … Women’s Second Final (~10am, Peacock).
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👟 Track & Field: Men’s 100m Final (3:50 p.m., NBC) … Women’s High Jump Final (1:55 p.m., NBC)Men’s Hammer Finals (2:30 p.m., NBC).
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🏊 Swimming: Four award events (12:30 p.m., NBC) … Women’s 50m Freestyle, Men’s 1500m Freestyle, Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay, Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay.
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🤸 Gymnastics: Men’s Rings Finals (9 a.m., NBC); Women’s Uneven Bars Finals (9:40 a.m., NBC); Men’s Vault Finals (10:24 a.m., NBC)
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⛳️ Men’s Golf: The final decision (7am, Golf)
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🏀 Women’s Basketball: USA vs. Germany (11:15am, USA)
Awards events:
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🏓 Table tennis: Men’s Finals (7:30am, Peacock/USA)
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🚴♀️ Cycling: Women’s Road Race (8am, CNBC)
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🏹 Arrows: Individual Finals (8:30am, Pekoko)
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🏸 Badminton: Doubles Men’s Finals (9am, Peacock)
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🎯 Shooting: Women’s Skeet Finals (9:30am, Peacock)
Non-award events: 3×3 Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Slalom, Handball, Hockey, Sailing, Volleyball, Water Polo.
Primetime (NBC): Men’s Vault Finals (7pm)Women’s 800m Final (8pm)Women’s Uneven Bars Finals, Men’s 100m Finals, 4x100m Medley Relay Finals (9pm).
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Like Mike
Dear Anthony Edwards, this is no way to make the Michael Jordan comparisons stop!
Night star: Edwards scored a game-high 26 points (11-15 FG) in Team USA’s 104-83 win over Puerto Rico, dunks and three-pointers.
What’s next: Team USA is one of three teams to emerge from group play undefeated, joining Canada and Germany. They play Brazil in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Round lightning
🇳🇱 You must see the ending: Femke Bol ran the anchor leg over the years to help the Netherlands hold off Team USA in the 4x400m medley.
🥊 Khelif continues: Algeria’s Imane Khelif, the boxer at the center of the gender debate, defeated Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori to advance to the women’s 66kg semi-final.
💪 Three Peat: American Ryan Crouser became the first man to win three straight Olympic medals, while teammate Joe Kovacs earned his third straight silver.
🇳🇴 Rooth shocks the world: Markus Rooth came out of nowhere to win gold in the decathlon. It is Norway’s first medal in Paris and their first decathlon gold since 1920.
Daily trivia
Question: Can you name a five-game USA team that hasn’t been involved?
Suggestion: Two have nets, one has goals, two involve jumping.
Answer below.
In non-Olympic news…
🏈 Welcome to Canton: The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted seven new members on Saturday: Dwight Freeney, Devin Hester, Julius Peppers, Andre Johnson, Steve McMichael, Patrick Willis and Randy Gradishar.
Also:
Trivia Answer: Badminton, Handball, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Table Tennis, Trampoline
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